Big Boys Don't Wear Lipstick in PUBLIC!!

I wrote about Baxter not being just right at dinner a couple of nights ago. I watched him the next day, and he was still just not right, so I called and made an appointment for Doc to come see what was going on.

We looked in his mouth as well as we could before sedating him, and saw that he had finally (at almost 4) shed some caps, but Bax wasn't real fond of having someone's arm shoved in his mouth, so we decided to sedate him and get a good look.

Baxter is pretty special. It takes about twice as long for any sedative to act on him, and about an hour before it is safe to leave him alone in the pasture. So Doc got his float and other stuff out while Baxman was getting good and loopy. After a bit, he re-examined his mouth and found not only a partial cap, but some developing hooks on his upper molars on one side. His wolf teeth also decided to erupt - finally. I think poor Baxter is a case of arrested development for sure. Everything is late with him - losing caps, wolf teeth, stopping growing...grrrr. Ahem... anyway... So the floating proceeded, and went pretty well. Baxter did NOT like it. Of course, he was all fuzzled up with good drugs, so the worst he could do is roll an eye at me. Poor BOY! He got the wolf teeth pulled. Tiny little things. The vet was surprised at how tiny they were. Baxter is so special!

Why is it that you can only get a good head shot when there is something hideous on your horses' head huh? Isn't his face pretty? Well, once you get past the bloody lip it is :)

Doc also treated the little cut by his eye. He did it about 4 days ago, and by the time I found it, it was too late to do anything about it, so I just wiped it off and left it. It wasn't a big deal, but since we had him snockered up, it just made sense to clean it up again. After all the drama, he spent the next hour tied to the fence sleeping. He is such a good boy. Poor little Susie was upset. She stood and watched the whole time, and after he was tied up, she started nickering and talking to Baxter. Yeah sure, she hates his guts. Cute.

The only bad thing about it is that I forgot to check and see if he had a bean while his weiner was hanging out. Dang. Oh well, there will be other times.